Fondren's denial of brothel should cost her election

4:57 PM,
Apr. 3, 2013

Written by

The Clarion-Ledger

No one is perfect, and we all have things in our past we wish we could change. However, when you are running for public office, you have to expect your past to be explored, and you need to be prepared to explain it.

What you should not do, especially when running for office, is lie about it.

Over the past few weeks, we have seen a textbook example of how a candidate should handle troubling issues from their past and a textbook issue of how to lose the trust and faith of voters when confronted about an unflattering part of your past. ...